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Kopiez, Reinhard; Lee, Ji In – Music Education Research, 2008
Sight reading is a functional skill which is essential for all musicians involved in particular fields of western classical music culture. In the last decade, expertise theory has shown that time spent on activities is a good predictor for later achievement in a domain. However, this study is based on the hypothesis that general and elementary…
Descriptors: Music Reading, Musicians, Classical Music, Thinking Skills
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Kopiez, Reinhard; Lehmann, Marco – British Journal of Music Education, 2008
This study investigates age-related changes in musical preference in elementary school children. The tolerance towards unconventional musical styles has been called "open-earedness" (Hargreaves, 1982a), and it is assumed to decline with increasing age. Musical preferences of 186 students from grade 1 to 4 (age range: 6-10 years) were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Aesthetics, Aesthetic Education, Music Appreciation